I feel like many of the animations (And visuals) when you equip something are sluggish, very fast paced and a little boring cause all of them are mostly the same, so I have been thinking a bit about it!
So here is my idea(s)!
(I would go through this roughly as I am NOT a suggestor)
So to start; most (not all, which would be erm… cutlass.) bladed weapons should have a sheath, and a proper animation when sheathing and unseathing the sword, as now. The blade weapons are just kinda sitting on your back/waist and when you drag it out, it looks like you are flipping it forward.
As well play the animation slowly to make it more cool, and feel more special when you properly sheath your blade.
(The animation should still have the same equipment speed as previous, this is purely visual and you can attack mid animation!)
This should in general apply to all equipment: fighting styles, weapons, magics and spirit weapons. Just to make them feel a little more special.
The animation could also be a little dramatic why not!
(Or make that idea into a gamepass where you have overly dramatic animations)
For the next topic is magics!!
Currently, there is NO animation when equiping your magic, I feel like this is cruel discrimination against magic users so I decied to suggest it!
When you select a magic, a magic circle will appear on your palm/hand (Or other body part I don’t know)
And prehaps a special animation for example the palm facing upwards.
Speaking of magics, magic users have no special blocking either!!!
Strength use their arms, (I will soon talk about blocking animations as well)
Weapon users have their weapons
(Vitality is not complete yet )
And magic has also their arms?? makes no sense! I think they should maybe raise up their forearm covering themself and then have a magic circle appear on it, making a protective barrier. (No benefits in fighting ONLY visual)
But this leads me to the next part! strength blocking! (and maybe weapon blocking)
As now, I feel a lack of uniqe animations for different things
So I will only suggest different martial arts and how they block.
Basic: Covering their face with both arms upwards
Boxing: Covering themself in the same pose as mages have, (If you are not a martial artist, that pose is the most common blocking pose among the arts)
Cannonfist: will prepare a cannonball that should act simular to a weapon blocking
Ironleg: Blocks as a taekwondo martial artist which from what I know Is very simular to boxing’s blocking
Thermo fist: Cover yourself with your palms facing outwards ready to grab something
Salior style: with no sea energy: Same blocking as basic combat but a little more sloppy
Salior style: with sea energy, covering themself in a silly way as they are, basically drunk.
LASTLY (sorry for it being very long)
While I am still at it. Let’s talk about the blocking animations for vitality.
My idea is, have your soul do the blocking, I am not sure really how the soul power works but In my stupid head It should be cool if spirits protected you!